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Monday, February 1, 2021

“‘Not even hospice could stop him.’ Legendary federal judge Peter Fay dies at 92.” Monique O. Madan of The Miami Herald has written this obituary.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“With impeachment trial looming, Trump taps new lawyers who drew spotlight in past work”: Rosalind S. Helderman, Amy Gardner, and Tom Hamburger of The Washington Post have this report.

Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, and Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post report that “Trump’s new impeachment lawyer says he does not plan to promote election fraud claims.”

And Jeremy Roebuck, Andrew Seidman, and Laura McCrystal of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “Pa. Republicans are stumped by Trump’s pick of Bruce Castor for his impeachment defense. Others see a ‘natural choice.’

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on two of Trump’s immigration priorities”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Arguments on Border Wall, Asylum Policy; The moves come as the administration changes direction on immigration, LGBT protections, voting rights and other policies.”

Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to cancel asylum, border wall arguments.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Biden Asks Top Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments.”

Priscilla Alvarez and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Biden asks Supreme Court to delay oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule.”

Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill reports that “Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on border wall, asylum cases.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court To Delay Considering 2 Key Trump Policies.”

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Secretive Ethics panel will judge Hawley and Cruz; Republicans also oppose using the committee to probe electoral objections, even as they disagree with the two senators’ conduct”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

Posted at 7:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Durbin urges Graham to schedule confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland as AG; The incoming Senate Judiciary chair pushed for a hearing before the Trump impeachment trial starts next week”: Marianne LeVine of Politico has this report.

Posted at 7:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Top Pa. election official to resign after agency bungled requirement for constitutional amendment”: Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA has this report.

Posted at 4:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Court’s Decision Making Through January 2021”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Multistate Remote Tax Brawl: New Hampshire tries to protect workers from a pandemic revenue grab.” Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial that begins, “Can a state collect income tax from nonresidents working remotely for in-state businesses? Massachusetts, New York and some other states claim they can, and now New Hampshire is asking the Supreme Court to protect its citizens from this tax grab.”

Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“(Re)Districting Pa.’s Appellate Courts: Proposed Amendment Could Go on Ballot.” Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

My essay begins, “Leave it to Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled state legislature to make us long for the good old days when the main dispute over how the commonwealth’s appellate judges should be selected was merely between partisan elections (the current method) or merit selection.”

Posted at 1:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“After barely surviving 2020, Pa.’s democracy might not survive the Republican effort to gerrymander the court”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Virginia Law Review Names First Black Editor-in-Chief; Tiffany Mickel Reflects on Milestone, Discusses Goals for Journal”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Right to Abortion and the Bush-Trump Federal Courts”: David J. Garrow has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Test for Biden: How Boldly to Disavow Trump’s Agenda; New administrations are generally cautious about changing their predecessors’ legal positions; But this time may be different.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman